Dec. 20, 2011 in Nation/World
Nearly 650,000 doctors caring for millions of seniors will get a steep cut in Medicare payments Jan. 18 unless a gridlocked Congress issues a reprieve, program officials said today. A …
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Dec. 20, 2011 in Nation/World
Unemployment rates fell in 43 states in November, the most number of states to report such declines in eight years. The falling state rates reflect the brightening jobs picture nationally.
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Dec. 20, 2011 in Nation/World
The Obama administration will keep a reduced contingent of National Guard troops working along the Mexican border for the next year, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Starting in January, the …
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Dec. 20, 2011 in Business, Nation/World
A surge in apartment construction gave home builders more work in November. And permits, a gauge of future construction, rose largely because of a jump in apartment permits. Some analysts …

Dec. 20, 2011 in City, News
Leaving a bomb laced with anti-coagulant along the planned route of the Martin Luther King Day Unity March was merely a “creative idea” to protest multiculturalism, domestic terrorist Kevin W. …
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Dec. 20, 2011 in Nation/World
Fewer people will fly this holiday season, but flights will still be packed. That’s according to a forecast released today by the main trade group representing U.S. airlines.

Dec. 20, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1
PYONGYANG, North Korea – North Korea prepared to lay longtime ruler Kim Jong Il to rest while the hermit state’s official media today lauded his son and heir apparent as …
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Dec. 20, 2011 in City on Page A1
Voter rejection of new taxes last month to pay for a regional animal control system sent Spokane city leaders back to their old standby. The City Council voted unanimously Monday …
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